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CVE-2017-8142

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CVE-2017-8142

Published: Nov 22, 2017

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) module driver of Mate 9 and Mate 9 Pro smart phones with software versions earlier than MHA-AL00BC00B221 and versions earlier than LON-AL00BC00B221 has a use after free (UAF) vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can start multiple threads and try to create and free specific memory, which could triggers access memory after free it and causes a system crash or arbitrary code execution.

VendorProductVersions

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Mate 9, Mate 9 Pro

affected
Versions earlier than MHA-AL00BC00B221, Versions earlier than LON-AL00BC00B221

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